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Show Treating Liver and Gall Bladder Cases It is known that among the many duties performed by the liver is the storing of glycogen sugar which can be used by the body when the amount of starch or sugar eaten is not enough for the body's needs. An editorial in the Journal of the American Medical Association giving giv-ing the results obtained by research workers, points out that while the storage of glycogen in the liver is important, the presence of proteins in the liver is even more important from the standpoint of preserving the liver cells from damage. Thus a patient seriously ill with liver and gall bladder trouble, in which operation has become necessary, neces-sary, has heretofore been given meals rich in starch so that a goodly good-ly supply of glycogen would be present pres-ent at the time of operation. The discovery that protein foods will give greater protection in less time is a great step forward in the protection protec-tion of liver tissue. "These experiments appear sufficiently suffi-ciently conclusive to warrant the adoption of a high protein, high starch, no fat diet in the before operation op-eration treatment of the patient seriously se-riously ill with disease of the liver and gall bladder." Another discovery as to the value of the protein diet is that swelling of the parts of the body due to an excess amount of water in the tissues following operation, or any injury in fact, is due to a great extent ex-tent to lack of proteins. "Under normal conditions the swelling (edema) due to operation begins to disappear 48 hours to 72 hours after operation, but if not enough of the proteins is present, swelling actually increases causing caus-ing a mechanical obstruction of the passage of food from the stomach into the small intestine. The suggestion, then, is in these liver and gall bladder cases, that the diet consist of 80 per cent proteins, 20 per cent starch foods, and no fats. QUESTION BOX Q. Is there any nourishment in buttermilk? Why is it recommended in diet for colitis? A. There are 80 calorics in a glass of buttermilk. It is recommended recom-mended because it helps prevent Intestinal In-testinal putrefaction, is soft and bland does not Irritate. Q. Could you tell me if there is a cure for involutional melancholia? s gland treatment of any help? A. Ask yonr physician about the use of ovary extract. |